The Ethics of the Introduction of New Skill Badges

Abstract

To me the awarding of badges for doing your job or graduating an advanced individual or basic training is contrary to the Army of One and the Warrior Ethos. We, the army stress we're all the same regardless of your military occupational skill (MOS). The Army has now come out with the close combat badge, the message is quoted as, in response to requests from field commanders and after careful analysis, the U.S. Army announced a new badge for selected combat arms Soldiers in combat arms brigades who engage in active ground combat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1112509

Entities

People

  • Andrew J. Nichols

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Army
  • Army Aircraft
  • Army Aviation
  • Artillery
  • Basic Training
  • Combat Operations
  • Engineers
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Helicopters
  • Infantry
  • Machine Guns
  • Military Occupational Specialties
  • Personnel Management
  • Special Forces
  • Surface Warfare
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Occupational Health and Safety.